86-Year-Old Man Killed After Car Crashes into Beaumont Apartment at The Crossing Apartments on Lucas Drive

Beaumont, Texas (February 16, 2021) – An 86-year-old legally blind man was killed after a vehicle crashed into his apartment on Saturday in Beaumont, according to police.

The accident happened around 5:46 p.m., February 13, at The Crossing Apartments in the 3700 block of Lucas Drive.

Police said a brown Toyota Solara driven by a 54-year-old hearing-impaired man left the parking lot and crashed into the bedroom of the apartment. The elderly man inside the apartment was trapped under Solara and had to be freed. He was taken to Christus St. Elizabeth hospital in critical condition, where he died on Sunday, February 14.

The victim’s identity has not been released.

The police are investigating the crash.

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